Dovina23 Aug 2005
re ânorâ: I see your point about the wording and agree that yours is clearer. But I want to stress that she has an emotion (feeling) concerning the hand below her rib, not just a physical feeling. The angel might understand the physical feeling, but not the emotion.
The poem is whimsical and non-doctrinal, as we have both said. So why are you bring the Bible into it?
The last verse is a metaphor for a man, and the whole poem could be interpreted that way. Since Iâve used the plural, angels, throughout the poem, it seems fair to say in the last verse that one particular angel (or man) is different from the others. Therefore the man/angel has not changed his nature. Maybe I could make that more clear.
Thanks for your comments.